At the beginning of this year, the Jifei V40 and P40 agricultural drones underwent a series of strict technical tests such as drift effect, automatic navigation, nozzle calibration, and lateral distribution, and officially became spraying equipment certified by the Swiss Federal Agriculture Agency. They were allowed to carry out pesticide and fertilizer plant protection operations in Switzerland.
Switzerland is the first country in Europe to allow the use of drones to spray crops, and has developed a relatively complete process for legalizing the operation of agricultural drones. The drone from Jifei has been approved for use in Switzerland, which is a “strong shot” for enterprise innovation and development.
“Not only are drones, but our unmanned vehicles are also popular in developed countries. In Europe, our unmanned vehicles have cooperated with well-known local scientific research institutions and universities to plant the concept of Precision agriculture in local orchards.” Cao Nan said that these high-tech products are rapidly entering more markets and cutting into the middle and high-end links of the industrial chain in various forms.
In Canada, Geely’s distributors have launched two three-year cooperation projects with the University of Guelph in Canada. On the one hand, agricultural UAVs are used to sow seeds of Cover crop on the farmland after autumn harvest, improve soil quality and control overwintering weeds; On the other hand, drones are used to supplement nitrogen fertilizer to overwintering corn in autumn, allowing crops to store nutrients for the winter.
In the UK, the Bishop’s College School of Burton has introduced the Jifei Agricultural Unmanned Vehicle for research in the field of Precision agriculture, conducted equipment training on its demonstration farm, and carried out modern Agricultural education for British farmers and agricultural students.
In Japan, Obanazawa City introduced the Jifei R150 Agricultural Unmanned Vehicle for watermelon field operations to achieve autonomous and accurate spraying, and to cope with the problem of low spraying efficiency caused by insufficient labor force and inconvenient crossing between ridges in the melon field. At the same time, R150 unmanned vehicles also entered the Sunshine Grape Plantation in Obanazawa City to carry out technical tests on the prevention and control of grape diseases.
In order to cope with the diverse agricultural environment and needs of overseas countries, Jifei Technology has adopted a differentiation strategy. Among them, in regions dominated by field crops such as Vietnam and Brazil, Jifei Technology has rapidly replicated its mature practices in domestic fields such as rice, wheat, corn, and cotton, achieving rapid business growth; In developed countries such as Switzerland, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Germany, a “top-down” approach is chosen, where local technical testing and certification are passed before commercial operations are carried out.
In the view of the Jifei team, smart agricultural equipment such as agricultural drones and unmanned vehicles are still in the early stages of popularization overseas, and there is huge potential for future market growth. With the increasing innovation of enterprise products, technological strength, and operational system, it is expected to continue to maintain growth momentum in the future, and promote the “Made in Guangdong” agricultural drones and unmanned vehicles to better “fly” to the world.
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